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Examples of hypnosis in a Sentence
He underwent hypnosis to treat his fear of water.
While under hypnosis, she described the horrific accident in detail.
Recent Examples of hypnosis from the Web
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Curry's plans to buy a Bugatti were dashed by Ayesha's hypnosis.
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A yoga class after Paris Fashion Week is great, but isn’t a sound bath or hypnosis session even better?
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From June 23 to Sept. 3, there’s live music and daily TED Talk-style programming on topics such as reiki, hypnosis, and lucid dreaming.
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Benson and her team investigate a charismatic spiritual healer, who a follower has claimed used hypnosis to incapacitate and assault her.
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The very pivot of the film—a mind-control scheme to which Chris is being subjected—involves hypnosis, which Missy accomplishes by way of a distracting object, a spoon tinkling in a fancy teacup.
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Daily entertainment includes women loggers, racing pigs, hypnosis shows, music and more.
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What do memories have to do with placebos and hypnosis and health?
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True comics in 12 episodes, set in the 30s, including hypnosis, quantum physics, psychoanalysis and featuring the great figures of European literature.
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Origin and Etymology of hypnosis
New Latin
HYPNOSIS Defined for English Language Learners
hypnosis
playDefinition of hypnosis for English Language Learners
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: a state that resembles sleep but in which you can hear and respond to questions or suggestions
HYPNOSIS Defined for Kids
hypnosis
playDefinition of hypnosis for Students
: a state which resembles sleep but is produced by a person who can then make suggestions to which the person in this state can respond
Medical Dictionary
hypnosis
playMedical Definition of hypnosis
hypnoses
\-ˌsēz\play1: a trancelike state of altered consciousness that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
2: any of various conditions that resemble sleep
3: hypnotism 1
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